Friday, November 30, 2012

granite

ah, so much has happened since my last post. most notably a few things:
- we went to southern ca for our first just-the-four-of-us family trip. sea world, the sd zoo, and even a day at disneyland. overall it was a fantastic trip.
- then we came home. oh good ol' home. except, it was not good... the sound of rushing water greeted us as we opened the door btwn the garage and our house. a pipe under our kitchen sink had burst while we were gone. we looked down to see we were standing in half an inch or so of water. it was midnight, so I took the kids and put them to bed, and blake turned off the water to our whole house. after sweeping water out onto the deck, using up all of our towels soaking up water, and calling our insurance, we headed to bed ourselves. the next morning a plumber came and the pipe was fixed.

let us just say the damage was extensive. new kitchen floors. new family room carpet. new partial cabinets or whole cabinets, still tbd on that one. new paint because they had to replace some of the dry wall. we've been living w/ our parents / in laws, switching locations back and forth. I could say a zillion things (like how incredibly fortunate we are to have in laws and parents that can and will host us for weeks at a time) but the point of this post is granite. which do you like? we've narrowed it down to two that we both like and can afford (key features). :)


 
Solaris, sold by KT, comes in round or square edge (we prefer round). includes a very small amount of glitter.



 
 Leopard River by KT, square edge only.




so what do you think? which is your fav?